Report: Red Wings expected to bring back Ken Holland

[East Coast Icestyle]

Holland needs to step up and clean out all the crap contracts, any way he can. Completely infuse the roster with young players. I bet with opportunity, you'd find a lot of Marty frk types in the system. Build through draft like he's doing, and just be patient. It's hard for such a successful organization to go through this. But honestly, his signings are my only issues with him as an outsider.

 

[DeYarmond Edison]

It might be time for a change but it's not like he's the worst GM out there

He is the worst one with a job currently.

 

[Seider Town]

Bring back Holland for one...
Yzermans contract is up in Tampa after next year...

The Captains homecoming is in the works!!!

 

[Tatar Shots]

Holland has been fine since he was tasked with rebuilding. He has gotten fantastic returns for Smith, Tatar, Jurco, and Mrazek; and has added a ton of picks over the past year. He was tasked with continuing the longest playoff streak in sports and did so as long as he could. Now he is tasked with rebuilding the team. I'd still love to know where people think the Wings would be without the likes of Helm, Abdelkader, and Nielsin? So they are Buffalo bad without those depth pieces, who cares? Who exactly is Buffalo attracting with all the cap space lying around and with abysmal depth? People can keep complaining about the contracts, but they don't make any difference at all to the predicament the Wings are in.

 

[WingedWheel1987]

It is when “trying to win” means let’s get to the first round and lose to preserve a streak instead of rebuilding because our team really isn’t very good anymore.

No team that is really trying to win signs Danny Dekeyser to a 5 million dollar per year contract.

The Wings quote outside of their dressing room says, "If you expect cups you are in the wrong league." -KH

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Just to give you the Wings fan perspective: some of us are worried that a Ken Holland doesn't change his stripes. We're worried that he's going to hurry the rebuild to get the Wings back to the 8th seed ASAP. And we're worried that ownership is encouraging this. $$$

We wanted a new GM as proof they're going a different direction. Obviously, that's not happening.

 

[Pens x]

I’m not surprised...at all

 

[pheasant]

You are twisting my words to fit your agenda here instead of having actual debate although im sure you know what I really meant. Its extremely obvious the defense was not going to become better once Lidstrom left, absolutely nobody will argue that, but he did nothing to shore up the defense to stay competitive once Lidstrom left. He did nothing to improve the post Lidstrom defense aside at throwing an offer Suters way and that's about it.

Oh my goodness. Not every disagreement means someone has an "agenda". Chill.

 

[These Are The Days]

The second I get to my computer I'm posting the bathtub scene from Money Pit and Tom Hanks losing his shit laughing

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

Other than trading one year of Datsyuk's cap hit, instead of taking Chychrun at that spot in the draft.

While Chychurn is obviously good, both Cholowski and especially Hronek are top tier prospects. It’s not as bad as people think. Given Holland’s objective (even if misguided), he got a decent return

 

[These Are The Days]

The second I get to my computer I'm posting the bathtub scene from Money Pit and Tom Hanks losing his **** laughing

All we need is a Red Wings logo on the bathtub

 

[Goalie guy]

Bring back Holland for one...
Yzermans contract is up in Tampa after next year...

The Captains homecoming is in the works!!!

LOL HAHA HA HAHA, Oh you really think that is what is going on?? Boy are you gonna be let down and hard.

 

[Lukin1978]

What's Dan Cleary up to?

 

[Goalie guy]

Do you feel like the death of Illitch is going to hurt the Red Wings and cause dark days ahead? Or is it not that big of a deal.

I think it all ready has, his kid only cares about the amount of seats sold at the new rink. And most of the seats are bought up in big blocks by company's that is why they keep telling everyone it's the 5 millionth sell out but in all reality there are tons of seats open every game. Money is the pizza kids goal not a good team and it shows.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

Good thing Im not a Detroit fan

 

[TheAngryHank]

Im ok with this.
His trades have been fine and running out of old players to give bad contracts to.
The bad contracts will be gone soon and the Wings will be right back in the thick of it.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

It might be time for a change but it's not like he's the worst GM out there

Sometimes you need a new vision. The league has changed a lot since 2008.

 

[Datsyukian Deke]

Do you feel like the death of Illitch is going to hurt the Red Wings and cause dark days ahead? Or is it not that big of a deal.

100% yes. Mr. Ilitich was the most knowledgeable on what his team did or did not need, and had the stones to do what was needed. When his health began to decline, it all fell apart.

His son is a bean counter at best, and only cares about profit and is utterly clueless, which would explain even the notion of Holland coming back, which is utterly insane.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

100% yes. Mr. Ilitich was the most knowledgeable on what his team did or did not need, and had the stones to do what was needed. When his health began to decline, it all fell apart.

His son is a bean counter at best, and only cares about profit and is utterly clueless, which would explain even the notion of Holland coming back, which is utterly insane.

Is this the cokehead son that is running the team, or a different one?

 

[Datsyukian Deke]

Is this the cokehead son that is running the team, or a different one?

Cokehead son is dead.

Chris Ilitch is the owner. He was always more involved with Ilitch holdings than day to day operations with the Wings. In other words, he learned nothing from his father on how to properly run a franchise.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Cokehead son is dead.

Chris Ilitch is the owner. He was always more involved with Ilitch holdings than day to day operations with the Wings. In other words, he learned nothing from his father on how to properly run a franchise.

Gotcha, I have fallen behind in Illitch news in the last few years.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Seems like Detroit really wants a shot at Hughes and Lafreniere. Stupid move.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Dan Cleary the happiest man on Earth

 

[Gnashville]

Still living off those Datsyuk and Zetterberg picks.

 

[McBaevid]

Holland went from one of the most respected GMs to a joke. Brutal